Activity 4.2: Exercising yourself
A) Complete the following sentences with there is
/ there are in the affirmative.
1. My name is Annie and I live in a very big house.
There are twenty-three rooms in my
house, but there are only twelve bedrooms.
2. I live in one of the rooms on the third floor. In
my room, there is a huge bed and there are nine windows.
3. My bedroom isn't small. On my bed, there are lots
of pillows, and there is my cat, Fluffy.
4. In my closet, there are many toys, and there are
also many clothes.
5. I don't have a bathroom in my bedroom, but there is
a bathroom next to my room.
6. Also in my house, there are two kitchens, a big
dining room, and three living rooms. The house is really big!
B) Complete
the following sentences with there isn’t / there aren’t. Be careful with countable and uncountable
nouns!
1.
There isn't a flight from here to London.
2. There aren't any movies that I want to
see in the cinema.
3. I'm very hungry, but there isn't any
food in the refrigerator.
4. We want to go to the concert, but there
aren't any tickets.
5. There isn't any money in my bank
account, so I can't pay the bills.
6. There aren't seventy minutes in an hour.
7. In my neighborhood, there aren't any
children.
8. Henry can't bake a cake because there
isn't any sugar in the cupboard.
9. It's sunny today, and there isn't a cloud
in the sky.
10. I'm sorry, there aren't any letters for
you today.
C) Describe your neighborhood: What is there
in your neighborhood? What doesn't exist?
In my neighborhood, there are no stores nearby. In my
area, there is a university dormitory, and there is also a university called
BICU. We have few neighbors because we are isolated, and behind my house in the
same neighborhood, there are two bars. Almost across the street, around the
corner, there is a karaoke bar. However, the few neighbors we have nearby are
friendly."
D) Create sentences using there is / there are
and the following words:
1. There is a key on the table.
2. There are two trees in my backyard.
3. There is music playing in the background.
4. There are several books on the shelf.
5. There is a
spill on the floor.
6. There is
some food in the fridge.
7. There are
sixty minutes in an hour.
8. There is a
bright star in the night sky.
9. There is a
new restaurant in town.
10. There is coffee brewing in the kitchen.
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